Vizag observes Gandhi Jayanti, Shastri’s ideals through prison welfare, Khadi fair
Visakhapatnam observed the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri through community events focused on prison welfare and the promotion of Khadi products. Local officials emphasized the importance of rehabilitation for prisoners and the support of indigenous industries.
Why it matters
It highlights local government efforts to integrate social welfare and economic development with national historical commemorations.
Government Departments, public sector undertakings, civic bodies and voluntary organisations joined the nation in observing the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on Friday in Visakhapatnam, organising programmes highlighting their ideals of truth, non-violence, cleanliness and service.
Gandhi Jayanti was observed as Prisoner’s Welfare Day at Visakhapatnam Central Jail. Principal District & Sessions Judge G. Srinivas presided over the programme, attended by District Collector M. Abhishikt Kishore, DLSA secretary R. Sanyasi Naidu, Central Prison Superintendent B. Chandrasekhar, Deputy Superintendent, Ch. Surya Kumar, and prison officials.
Certificates were distributed to prisoners who successfully completed the Office Assistant course, an IT-based skill-development course initiated by the Prisons Department. Prizes were also distributed to prisoners who won various sports and games conducted as part of Prisoner’s Welfare Day.
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